African Development Bank Group (AfDB) / Press Release

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Dec 19, 2025

16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence: Five Bold Moves to end digital gender-based Violence — and unlock Africa’s digital promise (By Jemimah Njuki and Ndey Oley Cole)

Ending digital gender-based violence is central to achieving inclusive growth, human dignity, and the promise of Africa’s digital future

By Jemimah Njuki , Director of the Women, Gender and Civil Society Department at the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and Ndey Oley Cole, senior program manager. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign is an international campaign led by the United Nations to challenge violence against women and…

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- Bank approves financing to accelerate Rwanda’s universal energy access by 2030
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jul 17, 2025

African Development Bank approves financing to advance Rwanda’s universal energy access

The RBF II program is a key deliverable under the Bank’s High-5 priority areas of “Light up and Power Africa” and “Improve the Quality of Life of the People of Africa”

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved €173.84 million for the Rwanda Energy Sector Result-Based Financing (RBF II) program to modernize the electricity network, expand access to clean energy, and strengthen institutional capacity. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will provide an additional €86.92 million,…

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- Meeting with Mr. Muyiwa Omololu, CEO, Ropeways
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jun 26, 2025

Rwanda: African Development Bank kickstarts pioneering cable car project in Kigali

Construction is expected to begin in late 2026, with commissioning scheduled for 2028

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a grant of $500,000 to undertake a feasibility study into the first phase of a cable car transport network in Kigali, that will be sub-Saharan Africa’s first aerial urban transit system. The funds, to be sourced from the Bank Group’s Urban and Municipal…

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- Members of the African Development Bank team and other participants who worked on Senegal's award-winning $500 million sustainable term loan in Cape Town, South Africa
- Members of the AfDB team that participated in Rwanda's €200 M award-winning ESG loan in Cape Town
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Apr 04, 2025

CORRECTION: African Development Bank-Supported Projects in Senegal, Rwanda Clinch Top Honors at 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards

The awards celebrate Africa’s most innovative and transformative financial deals, highlighting exemplary execution, effective mobilization of new liquidity pools, and innovative deal structuring

Two African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org)-supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards (https://apo-opa.co/4lvavcK) conference. A $500 million sustainable term loan facility in Senegal (https://apo-opa.co/4i1gUt8) was named Sovereign Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year, while Rwanda’s €200 million ESG loan (https://apo-opa.co/3RxvfTd) was awarded ESG…

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- Representatives of the African Development Bank and other participants in Senegal's award-winning $545M sustainable term loan facility in Cape Town
- Members of the AfDB team that participated in Rwanda's €200 M award-winning ESG loan in Cape Town
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Apr 02, 2025

African Development Bank-Supported Projects in Senegal, Rwanda Clinch Top Honors at 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards

Two African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) -supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards (https://apo-opa.co/4li4foE) conference. A $545 million sustainable term loan facility in Senegal (https://apo-opa.co/4ldg7rV) was named Sovereign Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year, while Rwanda’s €200 million ESG loan (https://apo-opa.co/4lf3cpd) was…

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- Mrs. Nnenna Nwabufo – Vice President - Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery – African Development Bank Group, offering the welcome remarks
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- Dr. Joy Kategekwa - Director, Regional Integration Coordination Office at the African Development Bank Group (2nd from right) with Participants including His Excellency the Minister of Trade and Regional Integration of Ethiopia, Dr Kasahun Gofe (Middle)
- A group photo of Speakers during the High-Level Strategic Dialogue on Accelerating Visa-free Movement for Africa’s transformation and integration. They incude Mrs. Nnenna Nwabufo - Vice President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery at the African Development Bank Group (4th from left) and H.E. Mr. Albert Muchanga - Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals at the African Union Commission (5th from left)
- H.E. Mr. Albert Muchanga - Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals at the African Union Commission, delivering the Keynote Address
- Dr. Joy Kategekwa - Director, Regional Integration Coordination Office - African Development Bank Group and Dr. Sabelo Mbokazi – Head, Employment, Labour and Migration Division – African Union Commission during the joint announcement of the 2025 Visa-Free Roadshow
- Ometere Omoluabi-Davies – Principal Regional Integration Coordinator – Regional Integration Coordination Office at the African Development Bank Group, presenting the 9th edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index Report
- Honorable Prudence Sebahizi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Rwanda
- African Union Youth Envoy - Chido Mpemba on a call to action
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- Africa’s Business Sector sharing reflections on the theme (2nd from left Dr Amany Asfour - President, African Business Council, 2nd from right Ms. Allen Asiimwe - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, TradeMark Africa, First from right Mr. Mulualem Syoum – Chief Executive Officer, AeTradeGroup)
- Policymakers in a roundtable discussion on model practices to accelerate Visa-Free movement in Africa (From left - right H.E. Gilberto Da Piedade VERISSIMO - Chairperson - Economic Community of Central African States, ECCAS, H.E. Ms. Veronica Nduva – Secretary General, East African Community, EAC, H.E. Mr. Elias Magosi – Executive Secretary – Southern African Development Community, SADC, H.E. Dr Kasahun Gofe, Minister of Trade and Regional Integration of Ethiopia, Brian Tamuka Kagoro - Pan-Africanist and Managing Director Programs, Open Society Foundations)
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Feb 19, 2025

African ministers hold strategic dialogue on visa-free movement to propel regional integration agenda for Africa’s Transformation

The presentation reported that 39 African countries have improved their scores since 2016, indicating that visa openness across Africa is at its highest level since the inception of the index

On the sidelines of the 38th African Union Summit, African leaders discussed obstacles to the continent’s economic integration, underscoring visa-free movement to reduce illegal migration and strengthen official travel channels. The high-level dialogue, convened by the African Development Bank Group and the African Union Commission alongside the AU Summit, brought…

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- African Development Bank supports BIASHARA Africa 2024 Business Forum
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 15, 2024

African Development Bank supports BIASHARA Africa 2024 Business Forum

The meeting, organized by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), brought together industry leaders, policymakers and government representatives to promote African trade and foster economic growth on the continent

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has lent support to the Biashara Africa 2024 Business Forum or AfCFTA Business Forum, held from 9-11 October 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting, organized by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) (https://apo-opa.co/4h90Ciq), brought together industry leaders, policymakers and government representatives to promote African…

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- Upcyclers, a web-based marketplace digitalizing the e-waste value chain, is a Ghanaian enterprise selected as one of 30 beneficiaries in the first cohort of the African Development Bank-supported AfriCircular Innovators Programme
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Aug 23, 2024

African Development Bank’s AfriCircular Innovators Programme names 30 small and medium enterprises to receive assistance to scale up circular economy solutions

MSMEs represent 80 percent of Africa's businesses, while the circular economy in Africa has the potential to generate 11 million jobs

The African Development Bank-supported (www.AfDB.org) AfriCircular Innovators Programme has selected 30 small and medium enterprises to receive financing and technical assistance to scale up circular economy (https://apo-opa.co/3SZxikc) initiatives. This inaugural cohort, drawn from Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Rwanda, participated in an online onboarding event on August 9, 2024. The AfriCircular…

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- The agreement signed in Nairobi by AfDB Vice president Solomon Quaynor (right) and Rwanda’s Minister of Finance Uzziel Ndagijamana will enable the country to raise up to €200 million competitively from international banks
- Members of the African Development Bank and government of Rwanda teams on the sidelines of the African Development Bank annual meetings in Nairobi
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jun 03, 2024

African Development Bank and Rwanda Sign Partial Credit Guarantee Agreement to Support Green and Social Initiatives

The transaction demonstrates the Bank Group’s commitment to support Regional Member Countries access to alternative sources of sustainable financing in line with its Ten-Year Strategy (2024-33) seeking to accelerate inclusive green growth

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Government of Rwanda have signed a partial credit guarantee agreement to support Rwanda's mobilisation of financing for green and social initiatives. The document was signed at the African Development Bank's Annual Meetings by Solomon Quaynor, Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation…

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- Significant results achieved in transport and energy and access to drinking water midway through the implementation of the African Development Bank’s Country Strategy Paper 2022-26 for Rwanda
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | May 22, 2024

Rwanda: Significant results midway through the implementation of the African Development Bank country strategy 2022-26

A total of 120 targeted specialist graduates were employed within a year of graduating and 100 sustainable digital businesses have been created by young people

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved the mid-term review of the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2022-26 for Rwanda in Abidjan on 21 May 2024. The progress during the first half of the implementation period has been significant. The CSP for Rwanda was approved by…